Stories for week of December 28, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Thursday, Jan. 1

 January papal prayer intention: for prayer with the Word of God

Released Wednesday, Dec. 31

 Pope Leo, in year-end homily, reflects on the Virgin Mary’s role in God’s plan
 Background: World Day of Peace 2026
 Anglican prelate announces new breakaway sect
 Pope, at audience, wraps up Jubilee Year
 Missouri-based anti-Catholic newspaper had more than 1 million subscribers
 46 Catholic churches in Germany deconsecrated in 2025
 2 priests attacked in Nigeria
 Portuguese episcopal commission denounces rise in military spending
 Vatican marks anniversary of Pope Benedict’s death with 2 Masses
 Ukrainian bishop criticizes Trump administration’s position on war
 Vatican official calls on Muslims to denounce violence, decries Nigerian government’s ineffectiveness
 Vatican newspaper, in year-end editorial, warns that AI’s military use threatens peace
 Rome’s mayor expresses satisfaction with jubilee
 Nearly 3.2 million attended papal events at the Vatican in 2025, highest figure since 2016

Released Tuesday, Dec. 30

 Puerto Rico: new law extends all legal rights to unborn children
 17 Catholic missionaries killed in 2025
 DDF consultor: Marian title of Co-Redemptrix may be used in popular devotion
 For San Diego bishop, protecting immigrants is personal
 Over 200 Nigerian priests kidnapped in last decade
 US bishops underscore virtue of hope as 2025 jubilee year closes in dioceses
 Cardinal Tagle recounts trips to Muslim nations
 Ukrainian Catholic leader speaks of ‘increasingly dire’ situation
 Vatican newspaper highlights mining pollution in DR Congo
 Leading Congolese prelate welcomes papal peace call
 Pope pays tribute to St. Thomas of Villanova

Released Monday, Dec. 29

 Irish archbishops question Vatican report on female deacons
 Pope sees dangerous rise in gambling
 Strive for Christian unity, Ecumenical Patriarch urges in Christmas encyclical
 Ohio bishop grants Mass dispensation amid immigration enforcement actions
 Papal humanitarian aid for Ukraine
 Archpriests close jubilee holy doors at Lateran, St. Paul’s basilicas
 Amid pre-election violence, leading Ugandan prelate calls for repentance
 Pope Leo: Do not let the world’s mirages suffocate Christian family love
 Pope encourages youth at Taizé meeting to seek Christ
 Let us be reborn, as St. Stephen was, Pope tells pilgrims

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